Two New Jersey songwriters, known as Donovan Blanc, released their anti-nostalgia debut album (through Captured Tracks) in 2014 and then disappeared. We always wondered if, and when, they'd return but we no longer have to. Donovan Blanc is back with a self-released follow up, and it lives up to every sentiment they expressed in our interview from 2014. Read up and catch up with a band you should know.

What can we say? Bobbypin will hit you with all the right sentimentalities while still affirming her self-worth and independence. Her debut EP, sketches from a terrace, is full of promise and features some of the best songs I've heard this year. From dreamy to post-punk and back, here she is.

Currently based in L.A., this duo is making some of the best minimal pop I've heard in a long time. Here they discuss their detachment from the music scene, how they hope to see that change, and their love for '80s minimal/experimental band, Suicide.

After nearly fours years since they released their beloved debut album, Colored Emotions, Night Moves returns with Pennied Days. Front man John Pelant gives us the lowdown on where it all started and what's become of the band since then.

Jed Anderson opens up a little on his musical interests, but just enough to let us know that he's not concerned about seeming like a visionary. He's just a talented kid pursuing his interests with an open mind about the future.

This is Autre Ne Veut in an age of transparency. He's got a voice like none other, and his newest album is, in his words, "my weirdest album yet". Age Of Transparency opens our minds to how pop music can evolve through jazz explorations, and why social media addiction is simply a result of capitalism.

The Holydrug Couple might just be the most accessible band on the cult-favorite, Sacred Bones label, and their recently released album, Moonlust, is their most powerful one to date. Front man, Ives, tells us the inspiration behind the record, giving us insight as to how it can so easily pull back our skin and calm our nerves.